Job 21:16

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 22:18 : 18 But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.
  • Ps 1:1 : 1 ¶ Book 1(Psalms 1-41) How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers!
  • Ps 49:6-7 : 6 They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. 7 Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price
  • Ps 52:5-7 : 5 Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living.(Selah) 6 When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying: 7 “Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”
  • Prov 1:10 : 10 Admonition to Avoid Easy but Unjust Riches My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent!
  • Prov 5:8 : 8 Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house,
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
  • Luke 16:2 : 2 So he called the manager in and said to him,‘What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.’
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.
  • Gen 49:6 : 6 O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen.
  • Job 1:21 : 21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
  • Job 12:9-9 : 9 Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this, 10 in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

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  • Job 22:17-18
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    84%

    17They were saying to God,‘Turn away from us,’ and‘What can the Almighty do to us?’

    18But it was he who filled their houses with good things– yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me.

  • Job 21:17-18
    2 verses
    78%

    17How Often Do the Wicked Suffer?“How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger?

    18How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind?

  • Prov 21:7
    74%

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Job 21:14-15
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    74%

    14So they say to God,‘Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways.

    15Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?’

  • Job 10:3
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    3Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?

  • Job 18:21
    74%

    21‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    73%

    13It’s like the old proverb says:‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity?

  • Ps 28:3
    73%

    3Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them!

  • Ps 26:10
    73%

    10who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe.

  • Prov 21:12
    73%

    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin.

  • Eccl 8:13
    73%

    13But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God.

  • Prov 24:20
    72%

    20for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

  • Job 20:29
    72%

    29Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God.”

  • Job 38:15
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    15Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken.

  • Job 21:30
    72%

    30that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God’s wrath?

  • Ps 73:12
    72%

    12Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Be assured that the evil person will not be unpunished, but the descendants of the righteous have escaped harm.

  • Ps 37:16
    72%

    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Job 18:5
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    5“Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.

  • Job 4:21
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    21Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom.

  • Rom 3:16
    71%

    16ruin and misery are in their paths,

  • Ps 125:3
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    3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

  • Job 27:13
    71%

    13This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty.

  • Job 20:22
    71%

    22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.

  • Job 21:7
    71%

    7The Wicked Prosper“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

  • Isa 3:11
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    11Woe to the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve.

  • Ps 52:7
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    7“Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others.”

  • Ps 37:10
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    10Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone.

  • Job 11:14
    71%

    14if iniquity is in your hand– put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Job 15:21
    71%

    21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him.

  • Job 34:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9For he says,‘It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.’

    10God is Not Unjust“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.

  • Job 21:28
    71%

    28For you say,‘Where now is the nobleman’s house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?’

  • Isa 31:2
    71%

    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3They are experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men announce what they wish and then they plan it out.

  • Job 36:6
    71%

    6He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

  • Ps 119:155
    71%

    155The wicked have no chance for deliverance, for they do not seek your statutes.

  • Job 21:9
    71%

    9Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them.

  • Isa 29:15
    71%

    15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

  • Job 22:20
    71%

    20‘Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.’

  • Prov 15:29
    71%

    29The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.

  • Deut 32:28
    71%

    28They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.

  • Prov 4:19
    71%

    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • Jer 5:28
    71%

    28That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.

  • Isa 57:21
    71%

    21There will be no prosperity,” says my God,“for the wicked.”